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November 23, 2009 06:41 PM EST
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Below are Sam Carana 's 20 most viewed posts at Gather, as at 23 November 2009.
Global Warming - Red Alert!
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May 28, 2009 09:21 AM EDT
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What will power your next car? Will it be gasoline, diesel, perhaps mixed with biofuel? Or will it be electricity? In case electricity will power your next car, how will it be produced? From coal, natural . . .
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May 21, 2009 08:32 AM EDT
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Will America be a desert by 2100? Or Africa, India or China, for that matter?
Chances are, according to MIT projections , that global median surface temperature will rise by 9.4 o F (5.2 o C) by 2100, . . .
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April 30, 2009 02:09 AM EDT
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NASA scientists are proposing algae bags as a way to produce renewable energy that does not compete with agriculture for land or fresh water. It uses algae to produce biofuel from sewage, using nutrients . . .
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April 20, 2009 01:01 AM EDT
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On 28 March, President Obama announced the launch of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate (MEF). A preparatory session will be held at the US Department of State on April 27-28 in Washington, . . .
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April 11, 2009 01:33 AM EDT
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The Age of Stupid is a 90-minute cinema-documentary about climate change, set in the future. It features an archivist living alone in the devastated world of 2055, looking at old footage from . . .
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April 02, 2009 01:51 AM EDT
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President Obama and Russian President Medvedev have agreed to negotiate a new treaty designed to further reduce and limit strategic weapons.
Their joint statement says:
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March 24, 2009 09:04 PM EDT
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China recently called for a World Currency, or global reserve currency , to be operated by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) via its Special Drawing Rights (SDR).
The governor of the People’s . . .
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March 10, 2009 09:30 PM EDT
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Climate Congress, Copenhagen, 10-12 March, 2009
Open letter to Dr Rajendra K. Pachauri, IPCC chair
Dear Dr Pachauri,
The Climate Congress presents an important opportunity to present all facets . . .
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February 23, 2009 02:09 AM EST
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On Monday, March 2, 2009, people from all walks of life and organizations from across the political spectrum will gather for Capitol Climate Action in DC.
People will gather at 1:00pm, at the Spirit . . .
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February 15, 2009 10:31 PM EST
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has in many respects underestimated the severity of global warming and the speed at which it strikes. "From 2000 to 2007, greenhouse gas emissions . . .
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February 03, 2009 01:10 AM EST
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President Obama, please read this!
The energy and environmental policy that you have proposed for the U.S. is a patchwork of policies, ranging from higher fuel efficiency standards and subsidies for . . .
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January 28, 2009 02:26 AM EST
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In Greek mythology, Ceto was a sea goddess. Ceto was a daughter of Gaia and Pontus, and she personified the power of the sea.
In a current incarnation, CETO is the name of a wave power technology . . .
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January 22, 2009 05:52 AM EST
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While the weather has been cold in some places over the past few months, the year 2008 was among the ten warmest years in the period of instrumental measurements, which extends back to 1880. The . . .
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January 20, 2009 09:36 PM EST
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Here are two parts of President Barack Obama ’s Inaugural Address that I found particularly interesting:
"Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the . . .
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January 13, 2009 05:34 AM EST
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Cycle A: Inorganic Waste
We're all familiar with the idea that we're running out of scarce resources. We just cannot continue to keep drilling and mining for more fossil fuel, metals . . .
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January 04, 2009 05:10 AM EST
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In Beijing, measures have been introduced to phase out vehicles that cause heavy pollution, combined with financial incentives to facilitate the shift to cleaner vehicles.
Yellow-label vehicles will . . .
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December 26, 2008 02:52 AM EST
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In Oregon, the Portland City Council has developed a feebate policy to improve the environmental performance of buildings.
The proposed policy seeks to cut carbon emissions from buildings, reduce . . .
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December 20, 2008 06:54 AM EST
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When it's hot, should you turn on the car's air-conditioner?
As many will have experienced, driving with the air-conditioner on can increase fuel consumption by 10% or more. Yet, especially . . .
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November 25, 2008 12:49 AM EST
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As California recovers from wildfires , a study by researchers at University of California-Berkeley finds that global warming will have a broad and devastating impact on California's economy over . . .
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